Snowmagedagain

BabysCoffee

Mongfinder General wrote: »

You're liable if you create a burden elsewhere. That snow had to go somewhere.

I put the snow I cleared in a pile up in my garden and also along the path near the wall. I cleared half the path for walking. No "burden" elsewhere.

shopper2011

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Stop this comfort thinking.
Take pride in your area and your house.

BabysCoffee

Patww79 wrote: »

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Dun Laoghaire Co Co give advice here about clearing footpaths (see pics).
http://www.dlrcoco.ie/en/news/general-news/snow-here-status-red-alert-place-some-schools-closed-transport-routes-running

They advise doing it early in the morning and use a shovel and a brush. P

Presume they wouldn't advise householders do anything that would make them liable to be sued.

Didn't the government come out in 2010 during snow then and say you couldn't be sued for clearing your pathway?

OldMrBrennan83

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shopper2011

I cleared mine and neighbours who were not 100% fit. It would be wrong to compell elderly and unfit people to do it or pay for it. However no excuses for the perfectly able. I used a regular ordinary shovel ever morning and it was great excesise. Highly recomend it and very satisfying.

andekwarhola

Not much work if most people pitched in to clear a road and paths but you're never going to get everybody to help.

Pawwed Rig

A guy on my street cleared his driveway to the road so he could get his car out. He deposited all of the snow on the footpath completely blocking it. Dickhead

While I was clearing the front of my house had a different neighbour ask me 'What are you doing that for? Sure it will melt'

OldMrBrennan83

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harr

I cleared mine after the first day of heavy snow before it became compacted and put down some of the heavy duty gritting Salt the local garage were selling.
While some snow did stick after that it melted away fairly quick and was a lot easier to clear.
I was the only one to do it in my estate and I was the only who didn’t have to literally dig my car out yesterday.
Another piece of kit I found great was the long blow torch I use to kill weeds ..Lidl sell them on occasion, great for the compacted snow.

shiftkey

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I always thought if everyone took care of the area directly outside their house things would be a lot safer.

And if you are youngish and in good shape, it's a kind act to clear your neighbour's pathway too, if they haven't already done it. And maybe next time they might return the favor!

andekwarhola

To be fair as well, I quite enjoyed clearing the street with neighbours yesterday. I have been stuck working from home for days so it's grand to get out and do some physical exercise in bracing weather.

Pawwed Rig

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Her husband was so embarrassed by what she said he immediately appeared with a shovel and did his :pac:

BabysCoffee

Seems that "the Office of the Attorney General has advised that liability does not arise when snow is cleared from footpaths in a safe manner".

https://www.winterready.ie/en/guides/advice-home

nice_guy80

melt and refreeze
lethal

yes, it should be mandatory to have to clear the footpath in front of your house.
might be the first days work some people have ever done

nice_guy80

melt and refreeze
lethal

yes, it should be mandatory to have to clear the footpath in front of your house.
might be the first days work some people have ever done

ballsdeep69

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John_Rambo

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Lol! You're slowly coming around. You'll surely agree stews and soups are better than Brennan's Bread!!

OldMrBrennan83

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ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

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The AG made it perfectly clear. There is no liability on somebody who attempted to clear snow.

OldMrBrennan83

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Rodin

Dravokivich wrote: »

You need to consider that people commute from a large portion of the country into Dublin for work.

The northwest was completely unscathed yet it had it'a schools closed, hospital appointments cancelled, shops closed.

This nonsense of everyone in the country being home by 4pm.... the red alert should have been local/regional... NOT an all encompassing national one

Rodin

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Nothing wrong with that.
Needs to be a bit more proactivity in the country to move the snow.

shiftkey

Gringo180 wrote: »

Humans are morons.

Morans are humans too!

OldMrBrennan83

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Schwanz

Cleared my front yesterday and can get the cars out to the shops etc. Bout 20 other home owners around me can't because they weren't bothered doing a bit of graft.

Ah well

OldMrBrennan83

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Macy0161

Lots of inconsiderate idiots trying to get to the Sugarloaf, Roundwood etc to look at the snow, now at best slowing the efforts to clear the road, at worst getting stuck and making the problems a whole lot worse.

Roundwood, Laragh and Glendalough need supplies, not tourists, this Sunday.

Elmer Blooker

Schwanz wrote: »

Cleared my front yesterday and can get the cars out to the shops etc. Bout 20 other home owners around me can't because they weren't bothered doing a bit of graft.

They were probably right not to bother getting up off their backsides, its called a thaw.

Roundwood, Laragh and Glendalough need supplies,

So RTE will manage to get another day or two out of this!

bloodless_coup

Footpath is the cities property. Why would I clear that? I just drove over the snow and compacted it into slippery ice.

namloc1980

Schwanz wrote: »

Cleared my front yesterday and can get the cars out to the shops etc. Bout 20 other home owners around me can't because they weren't bothered doing a bit of graft.

Ah well

The snow and ice will melt away. Looks like the joke is on you! :pac: